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E72.9

E72.9: Disorder of amino-acid metabolism, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E72.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorder of amino-acid metabolism, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E72.9

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Written on E72: Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism

  • disorders of:
  • aromatic amino-acid metabolism (E70.-)
  • branched-chain amino-acid metabolism (E71.0-E71.2)
  • fatty-acid metabolism (E71.3)
  • purine and pyrimidine metabolism (E79.-)
  • gout (M1A.-, M10.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Amino-acid disorder
  • Aminoacidopathy
  • Aminoaciduria
  • Deficiency, deficient›amino-acids
  • Disorder›metabolism NOS›amino-acid
  • Disturbance›metabolism›amino-acid

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under E72

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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